Press for ribbons, &amp;c.



l No1 743,631.. 1 PA'IEYNTED NOV. 10, 1903.

' W. Y. FUQUA. PRESS POR RIBBUNS, aw.

APPLIGATHH FILED 00T. 30V' 1902.

H0 MODEL.

Patented November 10, 1903.

WILLIAM YANCEY FUQUA, or HOUSTON, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,631, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed October 30, 1.9021 Serial Nol 129,467. (No model.)

To all whom t mag/concern: Y

VBe it known that I, WILLIAM YANCEY FU- QUA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in thecounty of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Press for Ribbons and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to presses for smoothing wrinkles out of ribbons, laces, neckties, and the like. l

The object is to provide mechanism of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature which will receive and hold articles iny a smooth and pressed relation and from which they may be readily removed, said mechanism being easily understood and operated.

The preferred form of the invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- 1 Figure 1 is a perspective View of the same. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View,

and Fig. 4 is a detail'sectional view throughV passed, so that said frame can be secured to a wall or other support, as shown' in Fig. 1. The en d walls 11, furthermore, have longitudinal guideways 14 formed in their opposing inner faces contiguous to their outer edges. An article-holding roller 15 is arranged within the frame and substantially midway between the side Walls 10. This holding-roller is provided on its opposite ends'with gudgeons 16, jonrnaled in bearings 17, locatedin the end walls, one of said gudgeons extending through the end wall and carrying an exposed handle-crank 18. The holding-roller 15 is furthermore provided with a longitudinal groove 19 in its face, and stretched elastic article-holding straps 20 are seated in the groove, so that the outer face of the outer one will be substantially iiush with the face of the roller, as shown more particulary in Fig. 3. The ends of these straps are seated cost.

in sockets 2l, formed in the ends of the roller 15 and are fastened by clamp-plates 22 and screws 23, passed through the clamp-plates and the ends of the straps and engaging in the roller.

Arranged on opposite sides of the articleholding roller 15 arepressing-rollers 24, prefbeing slidably mounted, as will he readily understood. Coiled springs 27, also located in the guideways 14, are secured at their outer ends to the jou mal-boxes 26 of the pressing-rollers, vwhile their inner ends are fastened tothe journal-boxes of the holdingroller. Thus said springs serve to urge the pressing-rollers toward the holding-roller.

In using this device the ribbon or other article to be pressed is first secured at one end to the 'holding-roller by having said end passed between the straps 20. The roller is then turned carefully one revolution in order that the article mayr securely engage the same, after which said article is held tightly and the roller revolved Vuntil the ribbon is completely wound thereon. It is left in this condition for a determinate period-of time,

Vafter which the ribbon or article may be removed and Ywill be found smooth and unwrinkled, due to its retention in this state upon the holding-roller.

It will be apparent from the drawings that the structure as shown is of a very simple nature and can beA manufactured lat small The pressing-rollers depend for. their movement on the revolution of the holdingroller, and the springs are strong enough to create a `sufficient pressureto take out all creases or rumples in the fabric passed between the rollers.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art Without further description, and it will be understood `that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and'minor details of con- IOO struction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention. v y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a press of the class described, the combination with an article-holding roller having a journal, of a pressing-roller bearing against the holding-roller and having a journal, nonrotatable journalboxes arranged on both journals, supporting means for the boxes and a spring connected to both boxes to urge the pressing-roller toward the holding-roller.

2. In a press of the class described, the coinbination with an articleholding roller, of pressing-rollers arranged on opposite sides of the holding-roller, al1 of said rollers having journal-gudgeons at their ends, non-rotatable journal-boxes arranged upon the gudgeons, guideways for the boxes and springs connecting the journal-boxes of the holding-roller and the pressing-rollers to urge` Said pressl ing-rollers toward the holding-roller.

3. In a press of the class described, the combination with a supporting-frame comprising a boxing having alined guideWays in its opposite end Walls, of an article-holding roller journaled in the frame and having gudgeons located in the guideways, pressing-rollers resting against opposite sides of the holdingroller and having gudgeons arranged in the guideways, non-rotatable journal-boxes arranged 011 the gudgeons and slidably mounted in the guideways, and springs eonnectingthe journal-boxes of the'pressing-rollers with the journal-boxes of the holding-roller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn- I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM YANCEY FUQUA.

Witnesses:

C, M. NOLAN, C. H. YOUNG. 

